During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people and the moon would be reunited. It was very common for friends and relatives to present mooncakes to each other. Not only did Yuan Zhou prepare Mid-Autumn Festival gifts for every customer that came to his restaurant that day, many familiar customers, especially the backbones of the Queuing Committee, also prepared mooncakes for Yuan Zhou. Some of them were bought and some were made by themselves. Among them, Wu Hai was the one who made the mooncakes himself.
Yuan Zhou did not dare to eat the mooncakes that looked like rainbows. As a kitchen monster, Wuhai vividly demonstrated his super destructive ability.
Even a hairy bear could not save his culinary skills. The main reason was that he stubbornly believed that pigments played an important role in the combination of colors. Even though he knew that the colorful mooncakes made by Yuan Zhou were not made with pigments, Wuhai still wanted to create his own culinary path. As for whether the mooncakes could be eaten, it was up to the person who ate them. Anyway, he never ate the food he made.
Not only the customers, but even Yuan Zhou's apprentices also made special mooncakes of their own cuisines as gifts. For example, Cantonese, Suzhou, Yunnan, and so on. They could even hold a gathering and exhibition.
These mooncakes were all eaten by Yuan Zhou himself. The mooncakes that Yin Ya ate were definitely made by him. This was something he had to insist on.
Yuan Zhou could not forget about Rice and the others during the festival. He specially made a meat mooncake for them that could be eaten by cats and dogs. He made a lot of them for the festival.
Yuan Zhou knew that Romeo, Meaty Fatty, and Meaty Fatty would often visit him. It was a good thing to prepare more mooncakes for them during the festival. Rice and the others would also be proud of them.
Everyone was quite satisfied with the Mid-Autumn Festival. When Yuan Zhou saw Chu Yunsheng on the second day of the festival, he wondered if Chu Yunsheng had purposely come to eat mooncakes.
When Chu Xiao arrived at the restaurant, breakfast time had ended. It was not time to prepare lunch yet. It could be said that he had arrived at the right time.
In fact, Chu Xiao was supposed to arrive on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he only arrived the next day. It was definitely because of the bad weather that he arrived a day late.
"I've already sent the mooncakes to you," Yuan Zhou said reflexively.
The mooncakes were very popular this time. Not only did Wuhai pester Yuan Zhou for them, but other customers also wanted Yuan Zhou to sell mooncake gift boxes. That way, it would not be a problem for them to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival every day.
The thoughts of all foodies were shockingly similar.
Even when Li Li got a piece of mooncake made by Yuan Zhou, he secretly hoped that Yuan Zhou could make more mooncakes to sell. Perhaps, he could follow the trend and make some similar peripherals to sell.
Yuan Zhou didn't agree because there were too many people asking. The first thing that Yuan Zhou thought of when he saw Chu Xiao was mooncakes.
"I know. I came here to discuss something important with you," Chu Xiao said after a moment of silence.
Of course, he wouldn't tell Yuan Zhou that his first sentence was indeed about the mooncakes. This was a secret.
"What's the matter?" Seeing that Chu Xiao was serious, Yuan Zhou also said seriously.
"Recently, the European Chefs' Alliance is planning to hold a wine tasting and food tasting conference. I think it's a good opportunity to show our Chinese cuisine to all the countries in Europe. So I came to ask if you want to attend?" Chu Xiao said.
Although he was cooking creative French cuisine, he still had deep feelings for his homeland. However, Chinese cuisine was only average. With Yuan Zhou's reputation and Yuan Zhou's recent fame in the European culinary world, he could strike while the iron was hot and consolidate Yuan Zhou's reputation in Europe if he attended.
The moment Chu Xiao got the news, he couldn't wait to go back to Chengdu to ask Yuan Zhou about his opinion even before the public registration stage was reached. As for having a meal with Yuan Zhou, it was definitely something he could do conveniently. After all, his restaurant was inseparable from Yuan Zhou.
Whether Yuan Zhou could attend the European event or not, Chu Xiao said that it was not a problem for Yuan Zhou at all.
As for whether his new assistant, Xiao Qiao, would cry and faint in the toilet or not, it was a small matter. At most, he could just get a new assistant.
Xiao Qiao, who was conscientious, felt the deep malice from the boss.
When Yuan Zhou heard Chu Xiao mention this matter, he remembered that when he was in Singapore, he had received a call from August and Ju Man Lee. They had mentioned this matter and strongly invited Yuan Zhou to lead the Chinese team to participate in the event.
In fact, this event was almost a reserved activity of the European Chefs' Alliance. It would be held every two or three years. The time was not very fixed, but the scale of each event was very large. Asian chefs or countries had never been invited to participate before. This was the Europeans' own business.
This time, August and Ju Man Lee coincidentally invited Yuan Zhou to participate. They were also impressed by Yuan Zhou's cooking skills. It could be said that Yuan Zhou was not far from the world's best chef.
Before Chu Xiao said it, Yuan Zhou already knew it, but he was still very grateful to Chu Xiao for coming to tell him this news.
"Okay, I will think about it carefully. Thank you." Yuan Zhou thanked him.
"Um." Chu Xiao nodded his head to indicate that he got it. Then, he directly turned away from Yuan Zhou and went out to wait in the line.
He specially came back to tell this matter to Yuan Zhou. Since it was over, it was naturally the second matter, eating in the restaurant, which was also a big matter.
Yuan Zhou was not surprised. After he saw Chu Xiao out, he directly went into the kitchen. The Mid-Autumn Festival had passed, but the National Day was not over yet. As for the hot pot, he set the last day of the holiday to be served. In this way, even if the holiday was over, there would still be delicious food to comfort his busy mood.
After coming back from Singapore, Yuan Zhou continued to study the stir-frying of the ingredients for the hot pot and the preparation of some special sauces whenever he was free. However, as the hot pot was a big stall, he still hadn't figured out the way to serve the dishes.
"It's definitely not practical to eat in the restaurant. Not only does it take a long time, but it also takes a lot of time to prepare the dishes. It's not reasonable to allocate the time like this." Yuan Zhou thought inwardly.
When the ingredients for the Spicy Hot Pot were sold previously, the dishes didn't need to be prepared by Yuan Zhou. Therefore, it was quite simple. Besides, he didn't bring too many dishes with him, so he didn't need to eat for a long time. However, once the entire Hot Pot Encyclopedia was released, it was almost the gospel for the fans of hot pot. However, there were also many people who didn't like eating hot pot.
Everyone had their own preferences. It wasn't strange. To be able to take care of everything, Yuan Zhou hadn't figured out a way to satisfy both sides.
Restraining his impetuous thoughts, Yuan Zhou devoted all his energy to familiarizing himself with the new dishes. When he came back to himself, the alarm clock had already rung. It was time to prepare the ingredients.
As time passed, lunchtime began on time. The customers began to enter the restaurant one after another. There were still as many people as there were during the holidays. It could be seen that the living standard had been improving year by year and the frequency of people having sumptuous meals had also increased.
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